In Daniel 11:32 we read that "the people who know their God shall stand firm and take action." Our goal with Dan 11:32 is to help equip Christians to do exactly that - providing tools to recognize the challenges that are coming at us from all sides, the encouragement to stand firm, and suggestions for how we can take action.
Finally a new episode, and we belatedly continue our journey through C.R. Wiley's Book, The Household and the War for the Cosmos: Recovering a Christian Vision for the Family. Next time we'll conclude this study, and I plan to do that soon!
In this first episode of 2025, we continue to work through C.R. Wiley's 2019 book, The Household and the War for the Cosmos: Recovering a Christian Vision for the Family.
Wrapping up the year with the thirtieth episode of 2024, looking back over the year that was, and forward to the year of our Lord 2025!
In this week's episode we continue to consider the household, and the challenges that this foundational institution is facing in today's world. Policy Horizons Canada has produced a study that includes a number of conclusions about the nature and future of the household, and in this episode we'll work through that document, to see what kinds of conclusions that the "think tanks" of the Canadian bureaucracy are arriving at. The Policy Horizons study can be found here: https://horizons.service.canada.ca/en/2024/future-lives-uncertainty/index.shtml
In this week's episode, we begin a study of C.R. Wiley's excellent 2019 book, The Household and the War for the Cosmos: Recovering a Christian Vision for the Family, published by Canon Press. What has happened to the household, and how can we recover the Biblical understanding of the household and its foundational role in every part of society? Those are the questions that C.R. Wiley seeks to answer in this book, and I think he provides some very helpful and thought-provoking insights that will encourage us as we work through this book over the next few episodes!
In this week's episode, we look at the final chapter and conclusion of Andrew Isker's book, "The Boniface Option."
In this episode we continue to work through Andrew Isker's The Boniface Option, focusing our attention on Chapters 9, 10, and 11 - "Brotherhood," "Made For War," and "A New Eve."
Continuing our look at Andrew Isker's 2023 book The Boniface Option, we begin Part II: "Transforming the Felled Trees of Trashworld into a New Christendom."
In today's episode, we continue our study of Andrew Isker's 2023 book, The Boniface Option - chapters 5 and 6, "Jezebel," and "Bugmen in the Cocoon."
Today we continue our deep dive into Andrew Isker's 2023 book, The Boniface Option, focusing on chapters three and four.
In this episode we continue our deep dive look at Andrew Isker's 2023 book, The Boniface Option, focusing our attention on chapters one and two.
In this week's episode we begin a "deep dive" into Andrew Isker's 2023 book, The Boniface Option.
In today's episode, we conclude our look at Aaron Renn's 2024 book, Life in the Negative World.
This week we look at the third section of Aaron Renn's book, on "Leading Institutionally." In "Negative World," Christians must (1) pursue institutional integrity, (2) pursue community strength, and (3) pursue ownership.
In this week's episode we continue to work through Aaron Renn's Life in the Negative World, discussing the ways in which we as individuals must deal with life in a world that has become negative toward Christianity.
We continue to work our way through Aaron Renn's 2024 book Life in the Negative World: Confronting Challenges in an Anti-Christian Culture, discussing chapters 2 and 3, which describe the strategies that have been used in the Positive and Neutral Worlds, as well as a proposal for a strategy for the Negative World.
In this episode we take a break from eschatology to return to examining the state of our culture, and how we can best understand and relate to the culture in which we live. This is the first in a series on Aaron Renn's new book, Life in the Negative World: Confronting Challenges in an Anti-Christian Culture.
In this episode we discuss the woman and the dragon of Revelation 12, and the sea beast, land beast, and mark of the beast of Revelation 13, along with that infamous number, 666!
In today's episode we return to the book of Revelation and discuss Rev. 10 and 11 - the great angel with one foot on the sea and the other on the land, the little scroll that he has in his hand, the seven thunders, and the two witnesses.
In this episode we return to the issue of "the last days," and check out what Scripture says about the last days, in contrast with "the last day."
In this episode we continue to look at important eschatological terms, focusing our attention on the "new creation," or the "new heavens and new earth." as well as "the last days."
In this episode we return to the "Eschatology 101" series, and get back to the basics with a couple of definitions: "the Day of the LORD," and the word "eschatology" itself.
This week we conclude our study of Herbert Schlossberg's Idols For Destruction, with a look at the final chapter, "The New Community," in which Schlossberg provides some steps forward in working toward the destruction of the idols revealed in this book.
This week we look at Chapter Seven of Herbert Schlossberg's classic Idols For Destruction: The Conflict of Christian Faith and American Culture, "Consequences and Expectations." What are the consequences of our society's idolatries, and what can we expect in the future?
Continuing our study of Herbert Schlossberg's classic, Idols for Destruction, we've arrived at Chapter Six: Idols of Religion.
This week we continue to work through Herbert Schlossberg's classic book Idols For Destruction: The Conflict of Christian Faith and American Culture, focusing on Chapter Five, "The Idols of Power."
A discussion of Chapter IV of Herbert Schlossberg's book, Idols for Destruction: The Conflict of Christian Faith and American Culture - on "The Idols of Nature."
In this episode we continue our study of Herbert Schlossberg's Idols for Destruction, and work through Chapter 3, "The Idols of Mammon."
Today we continue our study of Herbert Schlossberg's Idols for Destruction, focusing our attention on the second chapter, The Idols of Humanity.
In this episode we look at the first chapter in Herbert Schlossberg's Idols for Destruction - The Idols of History - and consider the importance of the Christian understanding of history, and the present-day idols of history and their dangers.
In this week's episode we begin a deep dive into Herbert Schlossberg's 1983 classic, Idols for Destruction: The Conflict of Christian Faith and American Culture.
It's been quite some time, but the podcast is back! In this episode I introduce my newest book, What The Church Must Learn From COVID-19... And Why - now available from my website, www.dan1132.com ($20.00 Cdn plus shipping, hardcover, 130 pages), and in Kindle version from Amazon ($9.99).
In this eighth part of the series "Eschatology 101," we examine the second and fifth trumpets of Revelation 8 and 9 in more detail, and discuss the importance of having a Biblically-informed understanding of Revelation, as opposed to the kind of "newspaper exegesis" that is often done in popular studies of eschatology.
There are a lot of "sevens" in the book of Revelation, and this is the seventh episode in this series on Biblical eschatology! In this episode we look at the 144,000 and the "great multitude" in Revelation 7, and give a quick overview of chapter 8.
The identity of the four horsemen of the apocalypse has led to a great deal of speculation. In this episode, we focus on the horsemen and what they represent, as we continue to work through the first chapters of the book of Revelation.
This week we continue where we left off last week, with a look at Revelation 4 and 5. John is welcomed into the heavenly throne room, where we are introduced to the scroll with seven seals, and the Lamb who is found worthy to open it.
In this episode, we'll look at the historical context of the Revelation of Jesus Christ to John, and the situation of the seven churches in Asia Minor that first read this book in their congregations. We see how the message of Revelation was meant for these churches in their historical situations, and look at an example from the book of Acts about the challenges that the first generation of Christians had to face.
In Revelation 1:1, we're told that the revelation of Jesus Christ was given "to show to his servants the things that must soon take place." In this episode, we look at the time indicators in the book of Revelation, and ask the question: Does "soon" mean "soon"?
This is the second part of a series on eschatology, the Biblical doctrine of the last things. In this episode, we'll look at a couple of Old Testament passages that will help us to understand the significance of the kind of "cosmic" language that is often used in the book of Revelation, as well as the covenant blessings and curses listed in the book of Leviticus.
Today's episode is the first of a series on the subject of eschatology - the study of "the ultimate or final things." Given the current events happening in the Middle East, the subject of eschatology has been on many people's minds of late. In this series we will be studying what Scripture has to say - beginning in this episode with a study of the "Little Apocalypse" of Matthew 24.
A letter purported to have been written by Freemason Albert Pike in 1871 has been making the rounds once again recently. In this week's episode, I take a critical look at this letter to see if it's all that it claims to be.
Horrific stories have been coming out of Israel in recent days, and people are choosing sides in this conflict. In this week's episode, we take a look at the propaganda war that's being waged, with a look back to one of the worst frauds that led up to the Gulf War - a cautionary tale.
In today's episode I discuss Joel Webbon's 2023 book Fight By Flight. Is "fleeing" from certain cities, provinces or states, or even countries, a legitimate option for faithful Christians?
In today's episode I follow up on last week's episode on HIV/AIDS, focusing specifically on the so-called "War on AIDS" as it began in 1986. What does the War on AIDS from 37 years ago have to do with us today? As it turns out, quite a lot.
In this week's episode, we begin a look at the issue of HIV/AIDS, starting with a look at two important scientific figures involved in the debate about the relationship between HIV and AIDS, Kary Mullis and Peter Duesberg. We'll consider the issues of "denialism" and the strange malady of "Nobelitis," and why these issues are important in our own context.
An episode about 100 episodes! Check out www.dan1132.com to participate in the great (well, at least good) celebratory giveaway!
In this week's episode, we look at the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, and what this organization's agenda means for people who live in major cities - the plans they have for you, and the goals they are working toward.
WorldCoin has been in the news recently, along with its founder, Sam Altman, who is also associated with OpenAI. In this week's episode we look at what WorldCoin is trying to achieve, and ask the question: Who is Sam Altman anyway?
In July I was invited to give a presentation to a mission congregation in Brazil on what the church needs to learn from the Covid experience. Today's episode is the English-language version of that presentation. Why do we need to discuss this issue, and not just "put it behind us" for the sake of keeping the peace? This is the question I'm discussing this week.
On July 28th, the Daily Mail published a story about Lois Cardinal, an indigenous man who underwent unsuccessful sex change surgery, applied for Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), and was rejected. In this week's episode, we consider the various issues that collide in this story, revealing the incoherence of the dominant narratives in Canada today.
On this last day of “Pride” Month, we discuss the objective results of the lifestyle that we are being pressured to take pride in.